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A youtuber demonstrating how hard it is to verify a citation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjlKIjLWq-Y

Thanks for restoring my faith in HN :)

Yeah, it is really unfortunate. But remember that this world is like a pendulum. You might have it your way today but it will not last. Meanwhile, We will do our best to catchup ;)

Well, I am glad I was born in those circumstances as a muslim :)

We don't need to abandon our faith to achieve that. In fact, we already had a golden age[1] where we leapfrogged most civilizations.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Golden_Age

I don't consider it a waste of time. In fact, I am reading it right now. And yes, I do plan to start coding when I finish my recitation today :)

Well, In Somalia we do read the Quran. In fact, virtually every child memorizes it from cover to cover before starting school. But if you mean understanding what it says, then you have a point.

There is also Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead[1] which is open source

[1] https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA

> It is currently too hard to make video games. Making it easier to create video games will massively increase the supply of good video games and cause a gradual revolution in education.

I don't think it is that hard to make a video game considering the many tools that exist to simplify video game creation. What is hard is making a video game that is also fun to play.

Some of the tools which let you write a video game without coding experience.

1. Scratch - https://scratch.mit.edu/

2. GameMaker - https://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker

3. Dreams - http://dreams.mediamolecule.com/

There is ArsDigita University Curriculum[1] which is an interesting one

[1] http://www.aduni.org/courses/

there was a TED talk about children in rural areas teaching themselves how to use a computer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRb7_ffl2D0

Is Safari becoming the new Internet Explorer?

1. CS50 [difficulty level: medium, has certificate: Yes] https://www.edx.org/course/cs50s-introduction-to-computer-sc...

2. Algorithms [difficulty level: hard, has certificate: No] https://www.coursera.org/learn/algorithms-part1

3. Nand2Tetris [difficulty level: ok, has certificate: Yes] https://www.coursera.org/learn/build-a-computer

What a pity, I was hoping to read the code and see what I could have improved in my implementation.

I have also implemented this exercise in rust although the one posted here is much cleaner in terms of code.

In fact I was even trying to reimplement the hack cpu emulator provided in the course using rust and tui-rs. The main hurdle now is how I can emulate a 512x256 screen in the terminal.

The author of this article has made the Dive into C++11/14 series, which is about using modern C++ for Game development.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTEcWGdSiQenl4YRPvSqW...

This is the same feeling I got when I discovered that I can't remove[1][2] dropbox's "send with transfer" option from the context-menu in Windows 10. I had no choice but to remove it from my computer.

[1] https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-installs-integration...

[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/dropbox/comments/drlt50/how_to_remo...

I tend to recommend the free online course https://www.py4e.com/ for people who want to learn python and programming in general. If they struggle with it, then https://www.codecademy.com/ is another good resource.

There is also https://resumake.io/ which generates resume as a latex document. Github repo https://github.com/saadq/resumake.io

Have you tried ctrl-shift-v?

I learned basic touch typing from Mavis beacon. It would show you how to place your hands on the keyboard as you type which the bare minimum feature I consider when searching for typing software to recommend. Right now, It doesn't work properly on windows 10 because it is too old.

There is also https://www.typingclub.com/ which is also a good site but it is riddled by ads (removable by paying of course) and requires you to create an account.

I wish if there was an open-source alternative which is either a terminal or web-based version that also shows how to place hands on the keyboard.

Viewing large files such as this one https://github.com/replit/play/blob/master/play/play.py crash my feeble galaxy note8. Viewing the same file on this app does not cause issues so that is one use case I guess?

There was a person who began rewriting this using reason [1]. Sadly, he never got to complete it.

I began tinkering with F# recently and found that ML languages are perfect for parsing. Is there a version of this in F# or ocaml?

[1] https://medium.com/@javierwchavarri/building-the-super-tiny-...

This is why I love to do game development without using a game engine. It gives you a reason to learn math, optimize your code down to the metal, all while having fun playing your game.

Probably a satire https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adequacy.org

No, I mean the phrase. This is not the only time I am seeing that as people age, they lose their edge in math (e.g bertrand russell focused more on philosophy as he got older). Is it same in in computer science

> mathematics is a "young man's game"

Why is that the case?

We had an xbox 360 that kept ejecting the CD. Later we discovered that it was due to the sunlight coming from the door. After putting it in a dim place the issue never recurred.

Actually pygame zero warns you if it detects that you have mispelled. For example of you use width, it will suggest that you use WIDTH. If you write onmousedown instead of on_mouse_down() it will also catch that and warn you.

Would a game with ads that can be turned off for free count? Its called Snowpounce and here is a video about its development https://youtu.be/7ZYkCOmF0yc

Disclaimer: the game is not mine